Index: openacs-4/packages/xowiki/tcl/link-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/xowiki/tcl/link-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.56 -r1.57
--- openacs-4/packages/xowiki/tcl/link-procs.tcl	16 Dec 2008 17:07:03 -0000	1.56
+++ openacs-4/packages/xowiki/tcl/link-procs.tcl	18 Dec 2008 09:39:59 -0000	1.57
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     set title_att ""
     if {[info exists title]}  {append  title_att " title='[string map [list ' {'}] $title]'"}
     if {[info exists target]} {append title_att " target='$target'"}
-    return "<a $title_att [my mk_css_class -additional external] href='$href'>$label<span class='external'></span></a>"
+    return "<a $title_att [my mk_css_class -additional external] href='$href'>$label<span class='external'>&nbsp;</span></a>"
   }
 
   #
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
       set internal_href [export_vars -base $internal_href [my extra_query_parameter]]
     }
     if {![info exists embed_options]} {
-      return "<a href='$internal_href' [my mk_css_class -additional file]>$label<span class='file'></span></a></a>"
+      return "<a href='$internal_href' [my mk_css_class -additional file]>$label<span class='file'>&nbsp;</span></a>"
     } else {
       set internal_href [string map [list %2e .] $internal_href]
       return "<embed src='$internal_href' name=\"[my name]\" $embed_options></embed>"